Project Manager I
Element U.S. Space & Defense · Santa Clarita, CA · 1 mo ago
Project Management$75k–$91k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About Company? Actually "About Company" is not a standard heading list but we can treat as a section heading? The instruction says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't list "About Company". But we can still include a heading for "About Company" if content exists. The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. The posting includes "About Company Element U.S. Space & Defense ..." So we can include
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't list "About Company". But we can still include a heading for "About Company" if content exists. The instruction says include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it. The posting includes "About Company Element U.S. Space & Defense ..." So we can include About Company
with paragraph.
We also have sections: Benefits, Pay (Salary), maybe "What We Offer" includes growth & development but not a standard heading; we could treat as part of Benefits? But we have Benefits section already. The "What We Offer" includes growth & development, collaborative environment, chance to work on groundbreaking projects. That could be part of "About the role" or "Qualifications"? Not exactly. Could be a separate section like "What We Offer" but not in list. The instruction says we can use those example headings but not limited? It says use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It implies we should use those headings where appropriate. So we should map content to those headings.
We have:
- About Company: could be "About the role"? Not exactly. Could be "About Company" but not in list. Maybe we treat as a brief intro paragraph without heading? The instruction says do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. It doesn't forbid other headings. But to be safe, we could include a heading "About Company" as
About Company
. It's not in the list but seems reasonable. We also have "What We Offer" which includes growth & development etc. Could be part of "Benefits"? But Benefits already listed. Could be separate section "What We Offer". Might be okay. We have "Job Summary": could be "About the role". So we can putAbout the role
with paragraph summarizing. We have "Job Responsibilities":Responsibilities
with list. We have "Job Requirements":Requirements
with list (or maybe combine with Qualifications). We have Education And Experience, Physical Requirements. Could be under Requirements. We have "Education And Experience": could be under Requirements or Qualifications. We'll put under Requirements. We have "Physical Requirements": could be under Requirements as well. We have "Benefits":Benefits
with list. We have "Salary":Pay
with paragraph. We have no explicit Schedule info, so omit. We must not include boilerplate like EEO Policy Statement. Remove that. Also remove duplicated lines, navigation, cookie, legal, scam-warning. We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract content. About Company paragraph: "Element U.S. Space & Defense stands at the forefront of testing innovation, serving as a trusted partner to NASA, the U.S. Department of Defense, government agencies, and prominent industry leaders across the space and defense sectors. Founded as NTS Technical Systems, our company brings over 60 years of experience and expertise in handling the most complex projects and programs in the world. From centrifuge testing for the latest Mars rover, vibration testing for the Space Launch System (SLS), to environmental simulations for next-generation missiles, we are the pioneering partner for highly custom, end-to-end testing design and implementation. By advancing our state-of-the-art testing technologies, subject matter expertise, and service to critical missions, Element U.S. Space & Defense has become the go-to partner for ground-breaking industries." What We Offer: "Growth & Development: Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.A collaborative and innovative work environment.The chance to work on groundbreaking projects that shape the future of space and defense." Note there are missing spaces after periods; we can keep as is or fix? We should preserve substantive information; we can keep as is but maybe add spaces for readability? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Adding spaces is not changing meaning, just formatting. Probably okay. Benefits list: "Employees are eligible to participate in the benefits offered throughout their availability, including the following: Medical, Dental, Vision, Short- and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending AccountsSeven (7) paid holidays and four (4) paid floating holidays, depending on your hire datePaid Time Off (PTO), accrued biweekly401k with employer match Twelve (12) hours of Paid Volunteer Time Off (PVTO) each yearTuition reimbursement and other employee programsFlexible schedules offered at some of our labs Monthly Lab Bonus plans (Based on position)" We need to parse into list items. The text is messy: missing commas. We'll split logically: - Medical - Dental - Vision - Short- and Long-Term Disability - Life Insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts - Seven (7) paid holidays - Four (4) paid floating holidays, depending on your hire date - Paid Time Off (PTO), accrued biweekly - 401k with employer match - Twelve (12) hours of Paid Volunteer Time Off (PVTO) each year - Tuition reimbursement and other employee programs - Flexible schedules offered at some of our labs - Monthly Lab Bonus plans (Based on position) We'll create- for each.
Job Summary: "Manages a book of active, customer projects that may consist of short-term, transactional work, mid-term testing projects, and long-term, complex projects. Ensures projects are completed on-time, within budget, and within scope with the goal of compressing the project life cycle (from New to Complete as quickly as possible) and delivering the project to the customer expectations while minimizing the cost to complete the project. Provides the level of engagement as required by type of project and specific customer to ensure the customer's needs and expectations are met. Has a high focus on customer engagement and on creating a positive customer experience."
Job Responsibilities list: Let's extract bullet points from the paragraph:
"Manages, plans, and controls individual projects through their entire EUSSD life cycle from new to completion.
Must move projects from initiation to closing as quickly as possible while keeping costs at or below quoted amount.
Takes complete ownership of projects within the assigned book of business.
Ownership entails:
- Delivering business value,
- fulfilling commitments,
- project completion on time, budget and scope.."
Then continues: "Job Requirements Self-supervision of projects expected.Able to manage duties with PM principles and standard SOPs.May require supervision with high PM volume or implementing corrective actions.Ensures projects are completed on-time, within budget, and within scope.Monitors budgets weekly.Identifies and works to mitigate all suspected future budget overruns before the overrun is reachedManages projects to prevent downbooks.Follows best practices and procedures in managing book of active projects.Builds productive internal and external working relationships.Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.Proactively manages planned and unplanned subcontracted work (i.e: IJOs and non-EUSSD subcontractors) including negotiating pricing, setting expectations with the subcontractor, and monitoring subcontractor progress. esting, etc.).Familiar with financial controls; quoting, pricing, and negotiating.Basic skills in prescribed internal tools for scheduling, ERP, and MS Office."
There's some garbled text: " esting, etc.)." maybe a typo. We'll keep as is.
We need to split responsibilities into list items. Let's list each sentence:
1. Manages, plans, and controls individual projects through their entire EUSSD life cycle from new to completion.
2. Must move projects from initiation to closing as quickly as possible while keeping costs at or below quoted amount.
3. Takes complete ownership of projects within the assigned book of business.
4. Ownership entails:
- Delivering business value,
- fulfilling commitments,
- project completion on time, budget and scope.
But we can flatten: maybe list each as separate li.
Better to produce list items:
- Manages, plans, and controls individual projects through their entire EUSSD life cycle from new to completion.
- Must move projects from initiation to closing as quickly as possible while keeping costs at or below quoted amount.
- Takes complete ownership of projects within the assigned book of business.
- Ownership entails delivering business value, fulfilling commitments, project completion on time, budget and scope.
- Self-supervision of projects expected.
- Able to manage duties with PM principles and standard SOPs.
- May require supervision with high PM volume or implementing corrective actions.
- Ensures projects are completed on-time, within budget, and within scope.
- Monitors budgets weekly.
- Identifies and works to mitigate all suspected future budget overruns before the overrun is reached.
- Manages projects to prevent downbooks.
- Follows best practices and procedures in managing book of active projects.
- Builds productive internal and external working relationships.
- Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
- Proactively manages planned and unplanned subcontracted work (i.e: IJOs and non-EUSSD subcontractors) including negotiating pricing, setting expectations with the subcontractor, and monitoring subcontractor progress.
- Familiar with financial controls; quoting, pricing, and negotiating.
- Basic skills in prescribed internal tools for scheduling, ERP, and MS Office.
We need to ensure we didn't miss any.
Now Job Requirements: includes Education And Experience and Physical Requirements.
Education And Experience: "AA Degree; BA/BS preferred or equivalent industry experience.2 - 3 years' testing or technical customer service experience. Project management experience required."
Physical Requirements: "While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus."
We can combine into Requirements section with list items.
Let's create list:
- AA Degree; BA/BS preferred or equivalent industry experience.
- 2 - 3 years' testing or technical customer service experience.
- Project management experience required.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel; crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
- The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Now Pay section: "At EUSSD, compensation is determined through a comprehensive approach that considers candidate qualifications, role responsibilities, market benchmarks, and organizational needs. Pay may vary by location; for this position, the annual base salary target range is $75,000 - 91,000, with potential eligibility for bonuses or commission depending on the role."
We'll put in
Pay
with paragraph. Now Benefits section we already have. Now About Company section: we can putAbout Company
with paragraph. Now What We Offer: maybe we can incorporate into Benefits? But we have separate "What We Offer" with growth & development etc. Could be a section "What We Offer". Not in list but okay. We'll includeWhat We Offer
with list. List items: - Opportunities for professional development and career advancement. - A collaborative and